Patents Assigned to FLO
  • Publication number: 20240400392
    Abstract: A process for the production of a carbon nanotube product comprises: introducing sequentially or concurrently a metal catalyst precursor, a source of carbon and a sulphur-containing additive into a continuous flow of a hydrogen-containing carrier gas in a temperature-controlled flow-through reactor; exposing the metal catalyst precursor in the flow of the carrier gas to a first temperature zone sufficient to generate particulate metal catalyst; exposing the catalyst, the source of carbon and the sulphur-containing additive to a second temperature zone downstream from the first temperature zone that can produce a carbon nanotube aggregate; discharging the aggregate as a continuous discharge through a discharge outlet of the reactor; collecting the continuous discharge in the form of a carbon nanotube product; and recycling continuously an exhaust stream of hydrogen by-product exhausted from the outlet to progressively replace the continuous flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Q-FLO LIMITED
    Inventors: Bruce Richard WILLIAMS, Jerónimo TERRONES, Felix FREEBAIRN, Martin PICK, Adam BOIES
  • Patent number: 12157688
    Abstract: A filtration apparatus for filtrating particles from fluid, the filtration apparatus comprising a filtration vessel; at least one filtering element for removing particles from fluid passing therethrough, the at least one filtering element being arranged to move along a path into the filtration vessel, and out from the filtration vessel; a filtration inlet arranged to convey a mixture of particles and fluid to the at least one filtering element within the filtration vessel; and a filtration outlet arranged to convey fluid, filtrated by the at least one filtering element, out from the filtration vessel; wherein the filtration apparatus is configured to establish a differential pressure over the at least one filtering element inside the filtration vessel. A method of filtrating particles from fluid is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: PRO-FLO AS
    Inventor: Trond Melhus
  • Patent number: 12140350
    Abstract: A dual reclaim coil with a smart control application is provided that allows the refrigerant inlet to the HVAC unit switch between the two sides of the condenser is aimed to use the high temperature and pressure of the condenser/gas cooler outlet while a CO2 refrigerant system is operating above critical point. This occurs in hot ambient conditions, when the need for heating in the space is not as great as in the wintertime and the available heat at the condenser/gas cooler's outlet is sufficient to satisfy the heating load. This also mitigates space overcooling, while increasing the CO2 transcritical system's efficiency by subcooling the refrigerant for applications involving dehumidification HVAC systems which often results in a phenomenon called “overcooling” during the dehumidification season.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Flo Energy Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Elliott, Saman Zamanzadeh Haratbar, Laura Janke Semidey
  • Patent number: 12134886
    Abstract: A water inlet protection system is provided. The system may an adjustable frame defining an interior cavity, the adjustable frame including a plurality of rigid base members, a plurality of slidable corner members, a plurality of nut-and-bolt fasteners, and one or more tabs extending from one or more of the corner members. Each of the slidable corner members includes one or more slots, and each of the nut-and-bolt fasteners includes a bolt that extends through one of the one or more slots and one of the rigid base members. When the respective bolt is loosened, the respective slidable corner member is slidable along the respective slot atop the respective rigid base member, thereby altering a boundary of the interior cavity. When the respective bolt is tightened, the respective slidable corner member is fixed in place atop the respective rigid base member, thereby fixing the boundary of the interior cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: FLO-WATER, LLC
    Inventor: Corydon Coppola
  • Patent number: 12116874
    Abstract: A method for neutralizing hydrogen sulfide in a well using oxidants by installing a venturi jet pump between a packer and a tubing string in a reservoir, injecting oxidant into water forming a power fluid using a surface tension modification generator; continuously injecting the power fluid into tubing in the source well or oil field production well at 50 psi-5000 psi to an inlet nozzle of the venturi jet pump. Velocity increases and pressure decreases on the power fluid as fluid flows through the inlet nozzle. Simultaneously drawing in reservoir fluid and mixing with the power fluid in a draw down chamber forming a molecularly mixed fluid. Mixing oxidant with reservoir fluid for 0.1 to 10 seconds to scavenge hydrogen sulfide, methyl sulfide and/or explode cell membranes of anaerobic bacteria of the reservoir and discharging the treated stream from the venturi jet pump up an annulus of the wellbore to surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Tech Flo Consulting, LLC
    Inventors: Larry Dove, Erik Reissig, Von Krosigk
  • Publication number: 20240326085
    Abstract: A resiliently deformable member for use in an apparatus for dispensing a viscous material from a container, such as an apparatus consisting of a container for holding the viscous material and a dispensing gun. The resiliently deformable member has a relaxed state and a compressed state. In use, the resiliently deformable member applies a force between the container and the dispensing gun to modulate the flow of the material from the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Steady-Flo Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Richard HIBBS
  • Publication number: 20240271497
    Abstract: This disclosure presents methods and systems for positioning a magnetic fluid conditioner in a well. One or more magnetic fluid conditioners are attached to a coupling mandrel operable to engage with the tubing of a well, either with an existing completion component or directly with the tubing. The coupling mandrel includes a locking mechanism, such as keys or dogs, for setting the mandrel to the profile nipple. The coupling mandrel further includes a packing stack or an expandable element that seals with the completion component or the tubing. The seal directs oil through the mandrel and thus, through the magnetic fluid conditioners. In some embodiments, multiple magnetic fluid conditioners are attached in tandem for more effective conditioning operations. The magnetic fluid conditioners can condition the oil to inhibit the formation of paraffin therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: Flo-Rite Fluids, Inc.
    Inventor: John W. White
  • Patent number: 12005473
    Abstract: A resiliently deformable member for use in an apparatus for dispensing a viscous material from a container, such as an apparatus consisting of a container for holding the viscous material and a dispensing gun. The resiliently deformable member has a relaxed state and a compressed state. In use, the resiliently deformable member applies a force between the container and the dispensing gun to modulate the flow of the material from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Steady-Flo Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Richard Hibbs
  • Patent number: 11988341
    Abstract: A fluid injection system for dispensing a solution into a fluid flow in a flow line, the fluid injection system including a storage tank having a product to be dispensed therein. The system includes a connector for connection to a fluid flow line. The connector has an outlet port for diverting fluid from the flow line into the tank, an inlet port for returning a mixture of fluid and/or product back into the fluid flow line, and a restrictor provided between the inlet and outlet ports. The system includes an inlet dip tube and an outlet dip tube provided inside the tank and a mixing chamber connected between the inlet dip tube and the outlet dip tube. The mixing chamber is configure to mix the fluid with the product to create a fluid/product mixture, wherein the fluid/product mixture is injected back into the fluid flow line via the inlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: EZ-FLO INJECTION SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Danny Craig Gilmore, Jeffery Michael Gilmore
  • Patent number: 11979338
    Abstract: A method and system for cellular network data storage and forwarding are provided. The method includes receiving storage-and-forward data from an application server, wherein the storage-and-forward data is directed to a device connected in a cellular network, wherein the device operates in at least a sleep state and a wakeup state; caching the received storage-and-forward data in a memory; checking if the device is currently in the wakeup state; and forwarding the cached storage-and-forward data to the device when the device is in the wakeup state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: FLO LIVE ISRAEL LTD.
    Inventor: Shmulik Bezalel
  • Patent number: 11979940
    Abstract: A method and system for provisioning an embedded SIM (eSIM) with an enhanced SIM profile are provided. The method includes creating an eSIM card with a single enhanced SIM profile on a connected device, wherein the created eSIM includes at least an applet; initiating a subscription management data exchange between the eSIM card and various components of a cellular network; initiating a bootstrap control of the applet to restart the eSIM; and configuring the eSIM with the plurality of multi-international mobile subscriber identity (multi-IMSI) profiles and actions related to IMSI profiles, wherein the configuration is performed using over-the-air (OTA) configuration, thereby configuring the enhanced SIM profile with plurality IMSI profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: FLO LIVE ISRAEL LTD.
    Inventors: Oren Bouskila, Eran Dotan Rosenberg
  • Patent number: 11965387
    Abstract: This disclosure presents methods and systems for positioning a magnetic fluid conditioner in a well. One or more magnetic fluid conditioners are attached to a coupling mandrel operable to engage with the tubing of a well, either with an existing completion component or directly with the tubing. The coupling mandrel includes a locking mechanism, such as keys or dogs, for setting the mandrel to the profile nipple. The coupling mandrel further includes a packing stack or an expandable element that seals with the completion component or the tubing. The seal directs oil through the mandrel and thus, through the magnetic fluid conditioners. In some embodiments, multiple magnetic fluid conditioners are attached in tandem for more effective conditioning operations. The magnetic fluid conditioners can condition the oil to inhibit the formation of paraffin therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Flo-Rite Fluids, Inc.
    Inventor: John W. White
  • Publication number: 20240068360
    Abstract: Wellhead system, assembly and method monitors landing or retrieving of wellhead component at pre-determined landed position in main bore of wellhead member of wellhead. System includes running tool, instrument spool and sensor assembly. Running tool couples to wellhead component, lands or retrieves wellhead component within main bore of wellhead member, decouples from wellhead component, and has passive triggering device disposed in or on running tool. Instrument spool is pressure-containing, connects within wellhead at location above landed position of wellhead component, forms bore to align with main bore of wellhead, provides clearance for the wellhead component and running tool to be run therethrough, and has vertical height dimension such that, in pre-determined landed position, passive triggering device is located in bore of instrument spool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: STREAM-FLO INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Keith David FARQUHARSON, Kevin Andrew ELGERT, Tianle GUO, Hossam GHARIB, Charles Lorin GORDON
  • Patent number: 11879582
    Abstract: A method and fluid connection system to fluidly connect a fracturing manifold to a fracturing tree. The method includes fluidly connecting a plurality of flexible flowlines between the manifold outlet of a fracturing manifold module and the fracturing tree such that fluid from the manifold outlet is distributed into the flexible flowlines and into the fracturing tree to avoid abrupt or right angle changes in direction in all fluid connections at the fracturing tree and between the manifold outlet and the fracturing tree. The fluid connection system includes a flow distribution block having a single inlet and a plurality of outlets, and distributes fluid flow between the single inlet and the plurality of outlets without abrupt or right angle changes in direction. The flexible flowlines have a first end fluidly connected to one of the plurality of outlets, and a second end fluidly connected to the fracturing tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Stream-Flo Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Keith David Farquharson, Kevin Andrew Elgert
  • Patent number: 11867437
    Abstract: A dual reclaim coil with a smart control application is provided that allows the refrigerant inlet to the HVAC unit switch between the two sides of the condenser for heat reclaim for refrigerants such as CO2 which have a relatively low critical temperature compared to hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants. Heat reclaim after the exit of gas from the condenser utilizes the high temperature and pressure of the condenser/gas cooler outlet while a CO2 refrigerant system is operating above critical point. This occurs in hot ambient conditions, when the need for heating in the space is not as great as in the wintertime and the available heat at the condenser/gas cooler's outlet is sufficient to satisfy the heating load. When the CO2 refrigerant system is operating below the critical point, heat reclaim is carried out at the compressor discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Flo Energy Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Elliott, Saman Zamanzadeh Haratbar, Laura Janke Semidey, Jon Scott Martin
  • Publication number: 20230416096
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of a carbon nanotube structure which has substantially aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and to a temperature-controlled flow-through reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Q-FLO LIMITED
    Inventors: Liron ISSMAN, Adam BOIES, Jeronimo TERRONES, Brian COLLINS, Fiona SMAIL, Philipp KLOZA, James ELLIOTT, Shuki YESHURUN, Meir HEFETZ, Martin PICK
  • Patent number: 11850142
    Abstract: A flow diversion device for treating branch point aneurysms that includes a wire stent frame comprising a plurality of wire elements, the wire stent comprising a proximal limb and two distal limbs, wherein the proximal limb and the two distal limbs converge at a crotch of the wire stent frame. The plurality of wire elements may be braided together. The flow diversion device may have a substantially Y-shape or T-shape. The flow diversion device may be manufactured by using two tubular flow diversion devices to make a Y-shaped flow diversion device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: THRU-FLO ENDOVASCULAR, INC.
    Inventor: George P. Teitelbaum
  • Patent number: D1049145
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Flo Free LLC
    Inventor: David James Mozeika
  • Patent number: D1050163
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Flo Free LLC
    Inventor: David James Mozeika
  • Patent number: D1051354
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Air Flo Labs, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Ngo